Bow Wow Threatens To Name-Drop Rappers Who Owe Him Money

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ATLANTA, GEORGIA - FEBRUARY 14: (EDITOR’S NOTE: Image created using a star filter) Bow Wow attends Tycoon Lingerie Party on February 14, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage/Getty Images)
Looks like Bow Wow's been quite the generous soul throughout his career, although many fans kind of scoffed at the prospect.

Bow Wow has apparently been quite the philanthropist (while missing the point) in the rap game as of late, as he recently threatened to reveal which MCs owe him money. "yo! yall think 50 gotta long list of rappers owing hiM MONEY??!!!" he asked on Twitter on Thursday night (May 30). "IMA START NAMING RAPPERS THAT OWE ME AND BEEN RUNNING OFF WITH THE PAPE FOR 3 yrs! dont let that like mike s**t fool you! I WANT MY MONEY!!!! ima start naming u n***as." With a new collaboration with Chris Brown coming up soon, maybe that's part of Breezy's repayment plan.

Jokes and completely unfounded speculation aside, Bow Wow also has plenty to reflect on when it comes to how he made his money, such as his recent recollection of how T.I. helped craft his 2003 album, Unleashed. "This is before the King album, this is before A.T.L., this is young Tip... Me and Tip wrote that third album together with my man R.O.C.," he told The Art Of Dialogue, specifically clarifying that this was his first project without Jermaine Dupri's input and that he hit the Atlanta trap pioneer up after advice to do so from his A&R Kawan "KP" Prather.

Bow Wow Warns Rappers To Pay Him Back... Or Else

"Me and Tip really kicked it,” Bow Wow continued. “We had moments, especially in the studio. Him giving me that freedom, him teaching me how to write. Cadence, bars, song structure, just everything. He was giving me the answers that I wanted Jermaine to give me. He was definitely a hundred in the studio. Tip was, that’s my dog. Even to this day, that’s my big bro right there." Despite his current legal dispute with Dupri's father, it's clear that whatever issues during or after Unleashed are water under the bridge.

Meanwhile, Bow Wow also reflected on kicking his lean habit, something which he thinks has really turned his life around. The only thing that could make it even better, it seems, is if all these alleged rappers start paying their debts. Maybe he'll spend the rest of his career looking for this. But maybe this isn't the exaggerated situation some folks might paint this as.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a music and pop culture news writer for HotNewHipHop. He started in 2022 as a weekend writer and, since joining the team full-time, has developed a strong knowledge in hip-hop news and releases. Whether it’s regular coverage or occasional interviews and album reviews, he continues to search for the most relevant news for his audience and find the best new releases in the genre. What excites him the most is finding pop culture stories of interest, as well as a deeper passion for the art form of hip-hop and its contemporary output. Specifically, Gabriel enjoys the fringes of rap music: the experimental, boundary-pushing, and raw alternatives to the mainstream sound. As a proud native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, he also stays up-to-date with the archipelago’s local scene and its biggest musical exponents in reggaetón, salsa, indie, and beyond. Before working at HotNewHipHop, Gabriel produced multiple short documentaries, artist interviews, venue spotlights, and audio podcasts on a variety of genres and musical figures. Hardcore punk and Go-go music defined much of his coverage during his time at the George Washington University in D.C. His favorite hip-hop artists working today are Tyler, The Creator, Boldy James, JPEGMAFIA, and Earl Sweatshirt.